Russiancertified,notarisedandFCOlegalisedtranslationinBirmingham

Many translations of Russian documents and certificates need to be certified, notarised or legalised before they will be accepted as true translations. It is important that you check with the appropriate authority which type of certification they will accept.

Certified Russian translation, Birmingham

Our certified Russian translations come in the form of a letter printed on Knockhundred’s letterhead certifying that, as a professional translation company, Knockhundred has undertaken the translation.

Notarised Russian translation, Birmingham

Our notarised Russian translations are stamped and signed by a Notary Public. Here at Knockhundred Translations, we have a longstanding agreement with our own Notary Public who is able to send the notarised Russian translations directly to any address in Birmingham.

FCO legalised Russian translation, Birmingham

Some authorities require Russian notarised documents to be further certified/legalised by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Our Notary Public is able to organise the entire legalisation process ensuring the documents are returned to your address in Birmingham.

If you have a Russian document you need to be certified, notarised or legalised, simply get in touch with Knockhundred and we will be happy to advise you and provide you with a competitive quotation.

While you’re here... some quite interesting facts about the Russian language

Russian is an Eastern Slavic language spoken mainly in Russia and many other countries by about 260 million people, 150 million of whom are native speakers. Russian is an official language in Russian, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and in a number of other countries, territories and international organisations, including Tajikistan, Moldova, Gagauzia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, and the UN. It is also recognised as a minority language in Romania, Finland, Norway, Armenia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The earliest known writing in Russia dates from the 10th century and was found at Novgorod. The main languages written on them in an early version of the Cyrillic alphabet were Old Russian and Old Church Slavonic. There are also some texts in Finnish, Latin and Greek.

Russian started appearing in writing regularly during the reign of Peter the Great (a.k.a. Peter I) (1672-1725) who introduced a revised alphabet and encouraged authors to use a literary style closer to their spoken language. The dialect of Moscow was used as the basis for written Russian.

Russian literature started to flower during the 19th century when Tolstoi, Dostoyevskii, Gogol and Pushkin were active. During the Soviet era knowledge of the Russian language was wide spread though the subjects authors could write about were restricted.